Shoe protector



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JOHN A. BEECH, 01E COLUMBUS, NEBRASKA.

SHOE PROTECTOR.

Application filed September 20, 1926.

This invention relates to a shoe protector, and has for its object,broadly. to provide foot-wear of boot-form adapted to be worn over shoesor boots to protect them from injury. undue wear or exposure.

.Vhile the herein described shoe-protector may be used generally toprevent injury from exposure, it is of particular advantage for use inoil refineries. and to protect shoes from action of fire, hot ashes orcinders, and for use of blacksmiths or iron workers to protect shoesfrom fragments of heated iron. sparks or the like.

The invention consists of a boot constructed, for the most.- part. ofwood and canvas, so that it will be comparatively of light weight andmay be worn by a workman comfortably and without inconvenience, the woodsole to be provided with a depression or recess for receiving the shoeheel of the wearer, and provided with a counter to prevent anytransverse movements of the heel. The invention also includes a metallicarouate cap for protecting the canvas at the front part of the shoe anda secondary flexible cap or flap between the metallic cap and ramp ofthe shoe protector for excluding hot metal. cinders, oil or othersubstances, to protect the canvas. Also the invention includes anincision-strip of bellows-form for the front part of the leg of theboot, and a protecting, metallic strip extending; entirely around thewood sole and heel.

With the foregoing objects in view and others to be mentionedhereinafter the in rention presents a novel and useful construction.combination and arrangement of parts as described herein and claimed,and as illustrated in the accompanying drawing. it being understood thatchanges in form, size, proportions and minor details may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention, said changes beingdetermined by the scope of the invention as claimed.

In the drawing. Fig. 1 is a view in longitudinal section, the upper partof the boot not being shown. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the boot orshoeprotector.

Referring now to the drawing; for a more particular description,numerals 3 and 1 respectively indicate the sole and uppers of the shoeprotector or boot, an insertionstrip 5 of looped or bellows-form being;provided for the uppers and secured to the front edges thereof bystitchings 6; and by use of lacers 7 engaglng in eyelets 8, adjust-Serial No. 136,456.

merits may be made for a close or loose fit at or above the ankle. Inmanufacture, the insertion-strip and that part of the uppers whichcovers the instep and front part of the shoe of the wearer may consistto advantage of a single piece of canvas, and said insertion-stripoperates to exclude dust or foreign substances, and on account of itslooped form it permits the shoe of the user to be conveniently insertedin the protector.

The sole is preferably constructed of wood and is of foot-form in planand the wood heel 9 is provided with a depression or recess 10 forreceiving the shoe-heelof the user. eraloly used for the uppers and forthe insertion-strip 5, and therefore the shoe protector will be of lightweight. Numeral 11 indicates a counter for the heel, and when the shoeprotector is in use, the counter supports and prevents any transversemovements of the shoe heel in the recess 10, and the counter supportsthe canvas.

Numeral 12 indicates an arcuate, metallic cap for protecting the canvassides and top of the front part of the shoe protector. It is preferablyconstructed of galvanized sheet metal, and is of such form that theaction of fire or heated iron, oil or liquid substances will not causeinjury to the canvas which lies thereunder. Numeral 13 indicates aflexible secondary cap or flap, preferably constructed of leather. litis secured at its upper or inner edge to the insertion-strip,approximately above the instep by stitchinggs 1 1 and its upper part isdisposed on the canvas below the vamp and its lower or outer partoverlies a part of the metallic cap for preventing entrance of cindersor other material beneath the vamp of the shoe protector, and on accountof the construction described the shoe of the user will not be exposed,and will be protected from injury.

Numeral 15 indicates a metallic strip which. extends entirely around thelower part of the shoe protector to cover a part of the sole and heeladjacent to the upper edges thereof, and secured thereto by keepers 16and 17 the keepers 16 traversing the canvas and strip 15 at frequentintervals around the wood or fibrous sole and heel, and the keepers 17operating to secure the cap 12 to the sole. The strip 15 is preferablyconstructed of sheet metal or tin, and

Canvas or duclr cloth is prefit operates toprotect the soleand itprotects the canvas from injury or wear at its junction with the woodsole and heel.

l/Vhile I do not wishto limit myself to the weight of the fabric, Iprefer heavy duck or canvas, an extra canvas strip 18- being employed atthe heel and to extend forwardly of the heel and secured by rows ofstitchings 19 and 20. By this construction the counter 11 may hedisposed'betweenthe vamp-- and outer, extra heel-strip 18.

It will be appreciated, according to the description, that theshoe-protectors may be conveniently placed in position to covertheshoesof the user and may be comfortably worn for protecting theshoes, and will he; durable. construction is" not complicated, andtherefore manufacture will be convenient and economical.

I claim as my invention,

In a: shoe: protector, a wood sole and heel, canvas uppers including aninsertionstrip and'va-mp,said uppers being disposedwith their loweredges outwardly of the Also the parts are few and edges of the sole andheel, a metallic strip outwardly of the edges of. the sole and heel forcovering the lower edges of the uppers, keepers traversing the metallicstrip and uppers for securing them to the sole and heel, a metallicarcuate cap covering the canvas above the toe and extending toward theinstep and secured to the sole, and a flexible cap connected at one ofits ends with the insertion-strip, said flexible cap having a partdisposed-beneath the vamp and having a part disposed on said metalliccap.

In a shoe protector, a wood sole and heel, flexible uppers disposed withtheir lowercdges outwardly of the edges of the sole andheel andproviding a housing for receiving a shoe oi the user, a metallic stripoutwardly of the edges of the sole andheel, a plurality of keepers forsecuring the uppers and metallic strip to the sole and heel, and ametallic cap disposed forwardly of the instep and secured to said sole.

In testimony whereof, I have afiixed my signature.

JOHN A. REECE.

